Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-07
IS. c.. A. FAIR.
Shenandoah Scores a Success.
10000 PEOPLE ON THE GROUNDS ON THE
THIRD DAY.


The best Pair in the Valley, and prob
ably the best in the State commenced IT'S
four days session at this place on
Tuesday. This Is the second animal Far
of the Society. it having been organized
less than three years ago. The EXHIBITS
are very fine, being much more numerous
and of n superior quality beyond the eX-
pectations Of the most sanguine All the
finest horses, cattle, sehep, hogs ana
poultry Of Shenandoah and her sister
counties seemed to have been gathered in
on the Fair Grounds making a show that
cau,ed even the most stolid to open their
ewes in utter astonishment. All the en-
tries for every thing filled and the greatest
interest taken by all the Shenandoah peo-
ple and their neighbors from sister coun-
ties II is an easy matter to tell Shenan-
doab man as he sauuters over the grounds
by the broad happy, satisfied smiles on
his face. The number of entries OF STOCK
especially of horses has been 50 large that
the management has been compelled to
have many additions in the way OF stalls
&c. made, and the saws and hatchets OF
a small army of carpenters could he heard
M to the last moment. The grand stand
which il now two hundred feet long, and
will accommodate two Thousand persons,
was pretty well filed on Tuesday
durinp the races. 1t is fine point from
which to view the races, as an uninter-
rupted view of the track can be had
around its entire circle. While all the
exhibits are fine, the most critical aiten-
ton is paid to the splendid display OF
cattle, especially by farmers and stock
raisers. The herds of short hornes and
Holsticns are very fine, and are said to he
equal to any that have ever been on ex-
hibtion in the State. The exhibition OF
monthly is also first class both in numbers
and quality. The coops are all filled, ana
almost every breed known to chicken
fanciers are to be seen. The display OF
d.cks, geese, pigeons, &c. is remarkably
good and attracts much attention.
The exhibit of farming implements is
very good though not as full as was ex-
nected. The most attractive display of
this kind comes our own, the celebrated
wagons manufactured at New Market by
p. s. Wise. Much Of his work is shipped
70 the city markets and finds ready sale.
The Messrs. Stief', Of Baltimore have a
fine display Of their celebrated pianos
which attract great deal of attention.
The Esty Organ Co., have the largest and
best display OF musical instrument on the
ground. A large section of the Main
Building is taken up with their display
They have constantly IN attendance
fine performer who is assisted by Col. T..
A. shaffer, the celebrated violinist Of
Woodstock. Their concerts are greatly
enjoyed and constantly attract a large
crowd. The other exhibits in the Main
Building are full and attractive, full dis
cription Of which will be given in our
next issue.
In the morning there were two inter
esting bicycle races. The open bicycle
race, free for all, comprised five entries,
three to start, Stonebuner, Grandstaif
and KINGSLEY. The prizes were gold
medal to first and silver medal to second.
stoneburner won the first by about fifty
wards. with Knesley second and Grand
staff third.
On account OF one of the entries failing
to make his appearance the slow race did
not come off.
The next race was the three mile lap,
five entries with three to start The prlses
were, LIST, a Lakin cyclometer, 2nd, con-
vertible lantern, 3rd, bundle carrier.
The starters were Richie Stoneburner,
Cbas. Knesley and Kenny Grandstaf.-
The race was won by KINGSLEY, with
Grandstaff second, Stoneburner dropped
out on fifth lap. Grandstaff lost this race
by misunderstanding of the scoring, he
having won according TO the first rules OF
scoring. which had eighteen points as the
highest that could be made. and as Grand
staff made four laps, which according to
the first program gave him twelve points
which was the race, and knowing nothing
of the second program or score rule, he
held for Kniesley at the fourth lap in or
der TO make it interesting on the last two
laps. Had he known Of the change OF
the programe he would have won with
out doubt.
The first day the racing program was
not as complete az was expected but was
sufficiently interesting to fill the grand
stand and keep large crowd around the
track. In the first heat the black stallion
Cohee won three straight heats in DIS,
2:i7 and 2:45. NJ. NJ. Moore's county
stallion "A. w. Fawcett won second money
The most exciting race Of the day was
the last one. Four horses entered and 1t
took eight heats to decide, there being
several dead heats. The race was event
uallv won by the brown Vivid. The
second money was not decided by the
indges, it being almost dark when the
deciding heat was trotted.
The most attractive feature OF the faiI
is the splendid riding Of Miss Myrtle
Peck, the champion long distance rider Of
the world. Her terrific dash Of hall
mile in fifty eight seconds standing OF
the backs Of two horses drove the crowd
wild. The race between Miss Peek and
Miss Cashmere, in which Miss Peek won
by neck, was very exciting and caused
great enthusiasm in the audience that
crowded the track for one-thlrd its lengtl
as well as the grand stand.
SECOND DAY.
Lots OF people, plenty of dust and frs
class horse racing were the prominent
features of the second day at the Shenan
doah County Fair. The crowd would
have been larger but when day brok
! there were heavy clouds in the west AM
at breakfast time a few drops fell, thi
prevented the crowd from coming in. Tn
r clouds were blown away by heavy win
and the day was a beautiful one. A mum
Der of excursionists came up on specia
from Winchester and the neighborhood a
8 o'clock. In the morning there was
crowd around tho track watching tn
d horses which had been all taken in tn
inield to be judged. The collection
horses was the best and largest that ha
been seen in this section Of the countr
for years. 1t just showed that ShenaT
J, doah county and its neighbors can rai'